Outside the city of Hezhou, the war drums roared, and the horns resounded through the sky. "Top" point "small" said,

A thick black line appeared at the end of the sky, and then the black line became thicker, turning into a murderous elite horse, approaching Hezhou City step by step.

This is Lu Dongzan's army, and at the forefront is 30,000 Tibetan elite cavalry. And this is also his tenth siege, and the previous nine sieges were all cracked by Guo Shifeng, making him fall short.

The 120,000-strong army lost 10,000 in nine sieges, which was a big loss for Tibet. But Lu Dongzan didn't care, because in the morning, he received news from Chu County, and learned what Li Hong, the prince of the Tang Dynasty, said at the banquet, and the conflict with Guo Huai, he felt that Li Hong was so self-conscious, wasn't that the result he wanted? If you can really capture Li Hong in Hezhou City, not to mention the loss of 10,000 elite horses, it is the loss of 100,000 elite horses, and Tubo will also make money.

Of course, he was not without distress about the loss of 10,000 fine horses.

After all, a Guo Shifeng plus a city and 16,000 defenders made him lose 10,000 elite cavalry, which he could not tolerate. Therefore, even if today's siege is just a tentative attack, it is not what he wants to really capture Hezhou City, but he will not let Guo Shifeng be too presumptuous, he wants to give Guo Shifeng a little color.

When the Tibetan elite rode to a distance of six hundred steps from Hezhou City, he restrained his horse.

The range of a bow and arrow is generally from 100 to 200 steps, the range of an archer is 300 steps, and the range of a bed crossbow is 600 steps. Whether it is a siege or a night battle, as long as it is 600 steps apart, it is a safe distance. The Tubo people are good at riding and shooting, and they are not afraid of the archers of the Tang Dynasty, but they are afraid of the bed crossbow that the Tang Dynasty erected on the city of Hezhou. Although the number of these two meters long and the thickness of the thumb is small, the lethality is amazing, and the main thing is that it is supported on the city wall, and the crosshairs are very high, which can often take the lives of the commander of the thousand commanders and the commander of the ten thousand commanders of Tubo, and it is the most feared weapon of the Tang Dynasty in Tubo to defend the city.

"Great Minister, will you attack the city now?" One of the generals beside Lu Dongzan asked.

Lu Dongzan shook his head slightly and said, "Don't be in a hurry, now the Tang people are more nervous than us, and the more time they give them to prepare, their pressure will increase." You give the order, blow the horn, send a few archers to provoke them, and give the prime minister a little fun. ”

With the news coming in the morning, Lu Dongzan knew what Li Hong was thinking, and began to despise Li Hong, and he also began to despise the Tang army that supported Hezhou City in his heart, so he had the current mind.

And he is not in a hurry to attack the city, he just wants to slowly consume the sharpness of the soldiers of Hezhou City, and when Li Hong enters Hezhou City, he will break through Hezhou City in one fell swoop, so that he can capture Li Hong, the prince of the Tang Dynasty.

"No!" The general received the order and rode away.

After a while, I saw 30 cavalry rushing out of the Tubo camp, and they bent their bows and arrows, and rushed to the city of Hezhou.

In the center of the city tower, a military general wearing military armor, burly, about thirty years old, is looking at the Tubo Daxiang Lu Dongzan not far from the city, he is the Tang Dynasty defender general Guo Shifeng in Hezhou City. Guo Shifeng also had four partial generals by his side, and they also held the hilt of the sword at their waists with one hand and looked at the Tubo army under the city.

"General, Lu Dongzan will not attack the city when he arrives at the city, what does he want to do?" A general asked.

"He wants to put pressure on us, and he wants the willpower of our defenders to break themselves." Guo Shifeng replied coldly. The general continued, "According to the scout's report, it was said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince arrived in Chuxian County yesterday afternoon? I don't know when I will be able to get to Hezhou City. ”

"Didn't you say that His Highness was surrounded by cavalry? I think I can get to Hezhou City today! Another general said with a happy face. What they lack most now is manpower, as long as there are enough soldiers to defend the city, they are not afraid of Lu Dongzan's 120,000 Tibetan elite horsemen. You have a strong ability to fight at night, but my Tang army is not a vegetarian, and if you don't fight at night, you can also torture you to death.

However, Guo Shifeng's face was not only not happy when he heard this, but showed a look of worry. Only he knows what happened at the banquet in Chuxian County, he doesn't know why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would say such a ridiculous statement that makes three-year-old children feel ridiculous, but he doesn't think that this is a manifestation of His Royal Highness the Prince's incompetence like others, he believes in his teacher Su Dingfang, and believes that the teacher will never rest assured that such a prince will come to the front line to inspect. The only possibility is that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said so, and it is estimated that he has his own plan. It's just that what worries Guo Shifeng is that there are less than 6,000 cavalry around the prince, and the army of the Tang Dynasty has not yet arrived in Chuxian, so he is afraid that he may not be able to hold Hezhou City before the implementation of the prince's plan!

He Guo Shifeng asked himself if he was not afraid of the Tubo elite horse, and he was not afraid of the Tubo traitor Lu Dongzan, but he is not a god, even if he has command ability, it is difficult for a Qiao woman to cook without rice!

"General be careful!"

Suddenly, just when Guo Shifeng was secretly thinking about it, a strange force pushed him away, and then he heard the sound of "Zheng", and saw that on the pillar of the city tower behind him, a feather arrow was shot into it, and the feather at the end of the arrow was still trembling slightly.

Guo Shifeng was shocked into a cold sweat, if it weren't for the cronies around him to push him, he would have been shot through the throat by the rain of arrows from the Tubo cavalry under the city. Although the Tubo elite cavalry under the city did not shoot after shooting this arrow, it also gave the Tang defenders a dismount. Immediately, twenty-nine cavalrymen behind him shot their bows and arrows at the same time, "Whoosh! Sou! Sou! Before the sound of the rain of arrows piercing through the air could be heard, a terrible scream was heard from the tower, and eight soldiers who did not escape the bows and arrows under the city were set up in the tower.

"How can the Tibetan people be reasonable!" The general who had pushed Guo Shifeng just now shouted. The rest of the generals also scolded angrily.

Guo Shifeng was very calm, he just glanced at the somewhat messy soldiers in the city tower, and said, "You go and appease the soldiers guarding the city, and bring the general's bow——! ”

Guo Shifeng was a little angry, although he was not invincible like Xue Rengui who pierced Yang Shen's arrow in a hundred steps, but he was not a soft egg who couldn't pull the bow, even if the turtle spirit cavalry dared to be so arrogant, he would give the cavalry who shot him just now a heavy price.

Soon, because of the appeasement of several lieutenant generals on the city tower, the guards of the city regained their composure just now, and Guo Shifeng's pro-army also handed him a big bow.

Guo Shifeng took the bow, took another arrow of his making, put it on the bow, and aimed at the Tibetan knight who had just shot him under the city.

Thirty Tibetan knights began to retreat slowly after a round of arrow rain, they just wanted to give the Tang defenders a dismount and give the prime minister a little fun, but they really didn't think about how many Tang soldiers who defended the city with archery.

However, just as they slowly retreated, the Tubo spirit rider who had just shot Guo Shifeng felt a murderous aura, his back was cold, and he was just about to whip his horse quickly, when he heard a "whoosh" sound from behind, and then his heart hurt, and he didn't have time to scream, and he rolled off the horse.

He shot Guo Shifeng with an arrow, and Guo Shifeng also returned him with an arrow, and his arrow was exchanged for his own death.

"The General's Mighty ——!"

"The General's Mighty ——!"

"The General's Mighty ——!"

……

There was a shout from the Tang defenders in the city tower, if the rain of arrows of the Tubo cavalry just now affected their morale, then now Guo Shifeng's arrow shot the blood of the Tang Dynasty boys, allowing them to regain their confidence and bravery.

"Humph——!" Lu Dongzan's face was a little blue when he saw the scene in front of him. Because the person who was shot to death by Guo Shifeng was not an ordinary soldier, but a commander under his tent. Thirty Tibetan horsemen shot and killed eight Tang guards, and the Tang army used only one arrow to kill one of his centurions. In this contest, it is already clear who will lose and who will win.

"Great Minister-" The military generals beside Lu Dongzan were just about to speak, but they were stopped by Lu Dongzan, "Don't get in the way, just give them some color later." ”

"Give the order, blow the horn, and the army will begin to attack the city!" Lu Dongzan ordered, "Today, don't care about casualties, you must teach the Tang army a lesson, let them know how powerful our Tubo Erlang is." ”

"Yes." The military general Lang Sheng took the order and rode away. Suddenly, a heavy and rhythmic horn sound came from under the city of Hezhou.

"Woo-woo-woo-woo-"

As soon as the horn sounded, a cavalry of 2,000 men appeared under the city of Hezhou.

When the cavalry came to a halt only four hundred paces away from Hezhou City, they turned over and dismounted, drew their scimitars, and under the leadership of two commanders, raised the ladder of the siege bow, and rushed to Hezhou City in an orderly manner. Behind them, there were also two thousand Tibetan elite horsemen divided into two teams, closely following behind them, they bent their bows and arrows, and used the impact of their horses to shoot feathered arrows towards Hezhou City.

"Prepare for battle!" The Tubo people under the city launched an attack, and Guo Shifeng in the city also gave an order. The four lieutenant generals beside him were ordered, and each quickly returned to his position and began to command the battle.

"Knock knock" The war drums sounded on the tower of Hezhou City, and groups of Tang defenders poured into the city. This group of soldiers were all archers, and when they heard Guo Shifeng's order, they bent their bows and arrows and shot a rain of arrows down the tower. Although the archers of the Tang Dynasty were not as accurate as the Tubo cavalry, they had a condescending advantage that allowed them to not lose rain when facing the archers of the Tubo cavalry.

At the end of several rounds of arrow rain, the Tubo people had already rushed to the city, and the Tubo cavalry stopped shooting arrows for the sake of shooting their own people for the house, and the Tang army guards on the city tower also pulled out the horizontal knife on their waists and met the Tubo people who were about to rush up the city tower.